James stanley



(No Model.)

J. STANLEY.

HARNESS.

No. 350,216. v Patented Oct. 5., 1886.

WITNESSES; INVENTUR Q BY ATTYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES STANLEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION iorrning part of Letters Patent No. 350,216, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed December 31, 1885. Serial No. 187,254. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMEs STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State ofNew J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apartofthisspecification.

'I he objects of this invention are to reduce the cost of construction, to keep the parts of the crupper-loops in their respective positions more permanently, to increase the strength and durability of the said crupper-loops, and to render said loops more elastic and easy and comfortable for the horse, and to prevent said loops from becoming hard and rough, as in the case of leather that has been subjected to wear, in which state it tends to injure the flesh of said horse.

Theinvention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally be embodied in the clause of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is an elevation of a loop illustrating the improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation illustrating a preferred construction. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through line 2, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate certain details of construction which may be employed under certain oonditions; and Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views taken,respectively,through lines a; and 3 Fig. 8 is another elevation showing detail modifications.

In said drawings, a is a box loop of hard or soft rubber which is cast integral with a crupper-loop, 12, whereby the relative positions of the parts are caused to remain constant after as shown.

long use and subjection to the influences of the weather, and that without the necessary use of stiffening-plates. Said crupper is preferably made of soft rubber, as by that make considerable elasticity is secured, whereby the loop is rendered easy and comfortable for the horse. The portions d d of the loop may be joined at the top, as in Figs. 4 and 5, or be separated, as in Figs. 2 and 8, the upper end or ends being provided with the box or boxes, To the upper end or ends of the crupper the ordinary buckle, f, may be secured by means of a leather buckle-loop, 9, riveted or otherwise secured to the crupper either on der or within the loop a, or in suitable sockets formed at the end or ends of said crupper, as indicated in Fig. 8. When made of soft rubher the lower end of the crupper is preferably provided with a projecting plate, h, of some hard materialsuch as celluloid or hard rubber which'pres'ents a smooth anti-friction surface to the tail. Though the use of this plate is desirable it is not necessary, for the soft rubber, though having a peculiar frictional surface, is pliable and is not apt to irritate the flesh as would a leather surface made hard and rough by wear and repeated wetting. I also prefer to have the lower end of the loop holhave hereunto set my hand this 23d day of I December, 1885.

JAMEs STANLEY.

Witnesses:

QHARLES H. PELL, FREDERICK F. CAMPBELL. 

